Okay, so I haven't had much time with the figure and nor have I transformed him yet, but I've played around with the articulation and experimented with various poses. I've posted some pictures down below. To start off, what this figure achieves the best out of all Ironhides that have released so far is the accuracy. Hands down this the most accurate (and to scale ) Ironhide you can own. The SS Ironhide is really close, but that bumper throws it out. Now, you could do the bumper mod which makes him far more pleasing to the eye, but you still would have both the real and faux bumper in sight. Another thing this Ironhide has over the SS is his thighs. The thighs on the SS are simply not beefy enough. The movie-accurate thigh wheels on the MPM give him the necessary screen-accurate thickness. Now, where this Ironhide falls ill is in the chest department. While I don't have the untabbing issue that some others with earlier versions have, the chest is still fairly weak. The way they have the hood pieces just sit there with little friction makes him a bit hard to pose. It's not impossible to get it to angle correctly, but a little nudge will make his hood pieces fall. They should have found a way to either secure the hood or make the hinge stiffer. O̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶m̶i̶n̶o̶r̶ ̶n̶i̶t̶p̶i̶c̶k̶:̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶g̶u̶y̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶k̶n̶e̶e̶ ̶a̶r̶t̶i̶c̶u̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶u̶r̶t̶h̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶1̶0̶ ̶d̶e̶g̶r̶e̶e̶s̶.̶ ̶P̶e̶r̶h̶a̶p̶s̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶d̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶. Never mind! This guy has the full 90-degree bend at the knee. Luckily, Ironhide is not one of those Bots you'll be doing acrobatical poses with. Plus, the huge hefty legs of his make it well worth the sacrifice. Now back to the good stuff. The paint on this guy is best I've seen on an Ironhide so far. Out of the box, you will get silver paint, nice gray plastic, and a shiny black coating. The head sculpt is also phenomenal. In general, the sculpting on this guy is what Hastak has surpassed in. A great benefit to buying an MPM is the diecast, which is always a treat. I believe Ironhide has more diecast than Prime as he was a bit heavier to me. These arms are also surprisingly poseable. In the pictures down below, you can see a taste of what you could do.

Overall, I would say this is the best Ironhide you can get. Accuracy holds a lot of weight for me and that alone pushes this guy to the top of my list. However, I would not say this is the best MPM. The best MPM is still Barricade. That should not detract you from getting this figure. There is still a lot of fun to be had with MPM-6. I'm happy with the figure so far, though, I'm hoping the next MPM will push the boundaries of perfection a little more.

I've put some of my favorite photos on top while the rest are under the spoiler tag.

Alright, got him off Amazon today. No pictures due to a lighting issue right now.

Truck mode:
All the black a nice glossy black
Glad to see his lights are clear plastic, cab lights, fog lights, fender lights, really good surprise from the painted over ones on the proto
Mines cab has some issues locking in
Exhaust is a soft rubber

Robot:
BIG boy
Limited knees due to how the side panels fold around
Arms are weird but that was a given.

Honestly, hes the first masterpiece that is just a articulated statue. I do nt dislike him, just manage your expectations.

Alright, got him off Amazon today. No pictures due to a lighting issue right now.

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Truck mode:
All the black a nice glossy black
Glad to see his lights are clear plastic, cab lights, fog lights, fender lights, really good surprise from the painted over ones on the proto
Mines cab has some issues locking in
Exhaust is a soft rubber

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Robot:
BIG boy
Limited knees due to how the side panels fold around
Arms are weird but that was a given.

Honestly, hes the first masterpiece that is just a articulated statue. I do nt dislike him, just manage your expectations.View attachment 28141759

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Geez- articulate statue is pretty damning. As a side note, on the main MpM6 thread, someone mentioned that the knees are actually more mobile than originally thought. Don’t know if that makes a difference

Cab definitely has issues locking in. It feels like one of those "get it all at once" kinda things cause doing it step by step feels nearly impossible. The hood halves definitely don't wanna stay tabbed together and I can't get the armatures underneath to position right for the front wheels to tab in.

Other than transformation and articulation issues, this dude is pretty good. Worth the $100 from Amazon, but either prepare yourself for ROTF Optimus levels of frustration, or wait til he goes on sale. Hope Peaugh and the others get him in soon.

Cab definitely has issues locking in. It feels like one of those "get it all at once" kinda things cause doing it step by step feels nearly impossible. The hood halves definitely don't wanna stay tabbed together and I can't get the armatures underneath to position right for the front wheels to tab in.

Other than transformation and articulation issues, this dude is pretty good. Worth the $100 from Amazon, but either prepare yourself for ROTF Optimus levels of frustration, or wait til he goes on sale. Hope Peaugh and the others get him in soon.

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ROTF prime locked in well in both modes. This figure is a underwhelming for the MP line honestly with the truck panels not holding thanks to weight of the arms+cannons. Also, the tolerances are poor with some ratchets being weak, some hinges too tight. IT seems like it needed more time in the factory to adjust all the tolerances and reengineer a few tabs.

Finally got him! First impression is WOW. Right out of the box this guy impresses with the insane detail and movie likeness.

Second impression is DAMN. They really should have tested this thing more. One of the arms is loose on mine (especially the arm panels) and although the chest holds together fine without the cannons, their weight tends to be too much for them. I really want to find some mod or solution to this issue cause he is SO GOOD LOOKING. I keep feeling like we're all missing something. Like there's some magic tab somewhere that we can't see and that will solve all the issues. Still looking though...

So I've been looking closer at Ironhide chest and it looks like you might be able to get a small magnet in there to keep it in place. You might be able to actually mod the wheel further into the chest as well. Looks like there are two tabs that keep the wheel in place in alt mode, but one gets in the way in robot mode. That one could probably be cut off.

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I'm definitely interested in whether or not the arm panels can be modded to stay in place better. That's the worst thing on my copy.